Handbook of congenital malformations / edited by Alan Rubin.

Date:
1967
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    UTERUS SEPTUS (continued) Hereditary Factors: Unknown. Treatment and Outlook: If habitual abortion or serious obstetrical problems result, septum can be excised. Reference: Jarcho, J.: Malformations of the uterus. Review of the subject, including embryology, comparative anatomy, diagnosis and report of cases. Am. J. Surg. 71:106, 1946. UTERUS SUBPUBESCENS. See Uterus, Hypoplasia of, page 345. UTERUS SUBSEPTUS. Partial longitudinal partition of endometrial cavity (7 in Figure 34), usually diagnosed by hysterogram or curet¬ tage. Condition may predispose to abortion, premature labor, mal- presentation and retained placenta. Prevalence: 5 per cent of anomalies of uterine fusion. Associated Anomalies: Probably increased incidence of urinary tract anomalies. Hereditary Factors: Unknown. Treatment and Outlook: Excision is indicated if condition seems to cause habitual abortion or other obstetrical problems. UTERUS UNICORNIS. Single cavity with one cornu (8 in Figure 34), usually found by hysterogram or incidentally at laparotomy; usually of no clinical importance (patients may have slightly in¬ creased incidence of infertility). However, it should serve as a warning of possible urinary tract malformations. Prevalence: 3 per cent of uterine anomalies in obstetrical patients. Associated Anomalies: Increased incidence of urinary tract anom¬ alies (most important—absence of kidney on side of absent uterine horn). Hereditary Factors: Unknown. Treatment and Outlook: No treatment possible. Reference: Jarcho, J.: Malformations of the uterus. Review of the subject, including embryology, comparative anatomy, diagnosis and report of cases. Am. J. Surg. 7i: 106, 1946. VAGINA, CONGENITAL ABSENCE OF (Agenesis of Vagina, Atresia of Vagina). Vagina is completely absent or very shallow. Prevalence: No data. Associated Anomalies: Urinary tract anomalies in 36 per cent of cases—unilateral absence or hypoplasia of kidney most frequent. Rudimentary uterus and tubes are common. Bony anomalies of lum¬ bar spine and pelvis occur in about 6 per cent of cases. Condition is most commonly seen with intersex problems. Hereditary Factors: None apparent. Treatment and Outlook: Surgical reconstruction, preferably 6 348